Curtain-pole.



J. A. GEORGE.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.11, 1912.

1,071,224. Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. GEORGE, OF BLYTHESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJAMEs A. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States of An'ierica, residing at Blythesdale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to curtain poles, and the objects of my invention are, first, to obviate the necessity of using rings and pins for connecting curtains to a pole; second, to provide means, as will be hereinafter set forth for holding one or more curtains in connection with a pole whereby the curtains can be easily arranged and draped in connection with a window frame, door-way, or alcove; third, to furnish a curtain pole with a curtain holding device that will not injure the curtains placed in engagement therewith, and fourth, to accomplish the above results by a curtain hanging device that is simple, durable, easy to manipulate, and efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the curtain pole. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is an end View of the curtain pole. Fig. 41 is a vertical cross sectional view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the lower gripping member of the pole.

The pole proper comprises two sections 1 having the inner ends thereof connected by a sleeve or coupling member 2, which permits of the sections being taken apart. The outer ends are provided with suitable ornamentations 3 and are adapted to be supported from a window, door, or alcove frame by brackets 41. The sections 1 of the pole are provided with depending eyelets 5 and con nected to said eyelets by links (5 are the eyelets 7 of upper gripping members 8. These members are provided with longitudinal depending ribs 9 having the lower faces thereof corrugated, as at 10. The ends of the ribs 9 are cut away, at 11, and the ends of the members 8 provided with sockets 12 for depending guide rods 13, said rods hav- Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Application filed. October 11, 1912.

atented A11 26, 1913.

Serial No. 725,189.

inglongitudinal grooves 1 1 confronting the ends of the ribs 9. Connected to the ends of the members 8 are the upper ends 15 of coiled retractile springs 16 arranged within the grooves of the guide rods 13, said springs having the lower ends thereof con nected to inwardly projecting lugs 17 carried by the semi-circular heads 18 of looking rods 1.9, said. rods being slidably mounted in longitudinal bores 20 provided therefor in the ends of the lower gripping membors 21. The bores 20 are reduced, as at 22, and communicate with an opening 23 in the under side of each of the lower gripping members 21. The locking rods 19 extend into the opening 23 and are provided with handles 2% adapted to be shifted toward. one another. The rods 19 of each member are encircled by coiled compression springs 26 within the bores 20, one end of each spring engaging a circular head 27 mounted upon each of the rods 19. The springs normally retain the semi-circular heads 18 in engagement with the guide rods 13, and the tension of the springs is greater than that of the springs 16, whereby the lower gripping member can be locked in a lowered position. The lower gripping members are provided with longitudinal ribs 28 having the upper edges thereof corrugated, as at and these ribs are adapted to cooperate with the depending ribs 9 of the upper members 8 in gripping the upper edges of curtains 29. The upper and lower gripping members can be made of light and durable wood, also the pole sections 1, while the remaining parts are made of light and durable metal. It is through the medium of the upper and lower gripping members that the curtains can be draped and artistically arranged without injuring the curtains.

What I claim, is:

1. A. curtain pole comprising sections having the end thereof detachably connected together, upper gripping members suspended from the sections of said pole, depending guide rods carried by the ends of each member, lower gripping members movably mounted between the guide rods of said upper gripping members and adapted to frictionally support curtains in engagement with said upper members, means arranged in said guide rods for normally holding said lower members in engagement with the upper gripping members, and means carried by said lower gripping members for loclc ing said members in a lowered position in engagement with said guide rods.

2. A curtain pole comprising sections having the end thereof detachably connected together, upper gripping members suspended from the sections of said pole, depending guide rods carried by the ends of each mem ber, lower gripping members movably mounted between the guide rods of said upper gripping members and adapted to frictionally support curtains in engagement with said upper members, means arranged in said guide rods for normally holding said lower members in engagement with the upper gripping members, and means carried by said lower gripping members for looking said members in a lowered position in engagement with said guide rods, said means including spring-pressed locking rods, heads carried by said rods for engaging said guide rods, and handles carried by said locking rods for shifting said heads out of engagement with said guide rods, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. GEORGE. lVitnesses KATHERINE ERRETT, MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

